Heard of these programs?

[Homer]

Saw these advertised on Tech TV

WCPUID
Sisoft Sandra
Prime 95
Motherboard Monitor

Just wondering if any of these are worth their salt. ???

[Mayhem]

WCPUID is just a program that will tell you everything about your processor (cpu) capabilities.

SiSoft Sandra will give you info about every single componet in your computer + has many benchmarking tools to see how you computer ranks with others.

Motherboard Monitor reports voltages / temp of your chipset(s)

Never heard of Prime 95 ...

[Homer]

I was thinking of downloading the Motherboard Monitor it has built in controls that shut your pc down if the temps get in the danger zone. ;)

[LuLu]

I use Belarc Advisor.  I was recommended it from someone on the Microsoft message board.  The program picks up things that the Sandra program misses.  It tells you if your computer is missing certain drivers.  I like it.